Puzzle.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. W. MARTIN.

PUZZLE APPLICATION FILED 11113.4,1908.

' Swuentoi WMartz n WILLIAM MARTIN, OF PERRY, OKLAHOMA.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed March 4, 1908. Serial No. 419,160.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Perry, in the county of Noble, Oklahoma, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the followingis a speciiication.

This invention relates to puzzles and more particularly tothoseincluding movable members which are to be manipulated into certainpositions through movement of a containing member, and has for itsobject to provide a puzzle of this kind which while being simple andcheap will require considerable skill to effect its solution and willthus be interesting to the operator.

Another and principal object is to provide a puzzle having particularpolitical significance enhancing its popularity during the comingpolitical campaign.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent in the followingdescription.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan showing the present puzzle. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the head portion of the puzzle.

Referring now to the drawings, the present puzzle comprises a bodyportion 5 which is in the form of the big stick which has becomeassociated with the Republican party, this body portion including ahandle 6 and a head 7. Formed in one face of the head 7, there is aconical recess 7 in which there is a conical metallic cup 9 enlarged atits apex as shown at 10, to form a pocket, which is labeled Pool. Formedin the cup 9 in a series surrounding this pocket 10 are a plurality ofreceptacles marked J ails and formed by pairs of U shaped ribs 15 and 16respectively, which are struck upwardly from the middle of the cup 9.The ribs 16 are disposed with the convex sides of their bite portions 16directed outwardly and the free ends of their arms extending toward thecentral cup 10. The ribs 15 are oppositely disposed and each has one ofits arms disposed between the arms of the corresponding ribs 16,allportions of the ribs of each pair being in spaced relation, as shown,so that there are formed the recep tacles indicated at 17, and outwardlyextending passages 18 communicating therewith.

It will be understood that the cup 9 is held in position by a confiningmember 1 1, which also holds in position a transparent closure 13 forthe cup.

Balls 12 are located within the cup, and lie normally in the pocket 10,these balls being differently marked and being termed Grafters. Theobject of the puzzle is to cause the various balls to he one in each ofthe receptacles 17 and these receptacles are differenply marked tocorrespond to the different ba ls.

From the drawings and the foregoing description it will be seen thatconsiderable difliculty will be experienced in manipulating the bodyportion to cause the balls to pass into the receptacles 17. As shown,slight depressions 17 are formed within the receptacles 17 so that theballs tend to remain therein.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A puzzle comprising a cup having a pocket at its center and having aplurality of receptacles formed of pairs of U shaped ribs therewithin,one rib of each pair lying with one of its arms between the arms of theother rib of said. pair, and a plurality of movable bodies locatedwithin the cup.

2. A puzzle comprising a cup having a pocket at its center and having aplurality of receptacles formed of pairs of U shaped ribs therewithinone rib of each pair having one of its arms disposed between the arms ofthe other rib of said pair, one rib of each pair having a depressionbetween its arms and a plurality of movable bodies located within thecup.

3. A puzzle comprising a body portion having a lateral handle and havinga recess therein, a cup engaged in the recess, said cup having aplurality of receptacles formed of pairs of U shaped ribs, therewithin,one rib of each pair having one of its arms disposed between the arms ofthe other rib, and a plurality of movable bodies located within the cup.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MARTIN.

Witnesses:

FRED BEERS, W. S. TOWNSEND.

